Passion Planner

A paper planner that starts with your dreams (the Passion Roadmap), breaks one down into dated steps, and gives every week a scheduled half and a blank half.

Research checked 2026-09-28. Points the sources couldn't settle are marked (unverified).

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1. At a glance

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2. Summary

Angelia Trinidad designed Passion Planner after college (2012) as "the one place for all your thoughts": an appointment calendar, journal, goal-setting guide and to-do list in one book. She funded it on Kickstarter in October 2013 (about $48,000 from about 2,000 backers), and the Compact edition raised $650,000 a year later (Our Story). The method starts with the Passion Roadmap. You brainstorm, against a timer, everything you want in 3 months, 1 year, 3 years and a lifetime. You circle one "GameChanger" in each timeframe, mind-map one of them into steps, give each step a due date, number the steps, and write them into your calendar. Each month has a Personal and a Work focus, people to see, places to go, a "Not To-Do List", project lists, and a monthly reflection with guided questions. Each week has hourly time slots (roughly 6 a.m.–10:30 p.m.), separate Personal and Work to-do lists, a weekly Focus, a quote and challenge, "Good Things That Happened", and a blank "Space of Infinite Possibility". The company also publishes 80+ free printables, including a Year in Pixels mood tracker, and runs a give-back programme. For Journalwright Studio, the most portable ideas are the blank "infinite possibility" box, the Good Things list, the split Personal/Work lists (as, for example, Home and Work), a monthly reflection page, and a gentle version of the Roadmap as a once-a-year back-matter spread.

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3. History and origin

Who created it

• Angelia Trinidad graduated from college in 2012 and "sought a tool to manage life anxiety and regain focus on priorities" (Our Story). Her degree and school aren't confirmed by any source opened (unverified).
• She built the first version by combining four things she was juggling: an appointment calendar, a journal, a goal guide and a to-do list (Tech.co, 2014; David Seah, 2013).

Timeline

Cultural context

• Timing. It launched on Kickstarter in 2013, the peak of crowdfunded stationery, alongside the bullet-journal boom (BuJo went public the same year).
• Audience. It spoke to anxious twenty-somethings: "life anxiety", graduating into uncertainty. Its language (dreams, passion, GameChanger) is life-coach language on purpose; one campaign title was "The Life Coach That Fits in Your Backpack".
• Give-back model. Buy-one-give-one for students and nonprofits became part of the brand.

Key quotes

"I'm doing this project to help people and not to make money. I think when you genuinely want to help people everything else will fall into place." — Angelia Trinidad (Tech.co, 2014)

"With structure for plans, blank pages for creativity, and room for reflection, Passion Planner helps you identify your dreams and build toward them every day." — Our Story

"If I could be anything, do anything, or have anything, what would it be?" — Passion Roadmap, step 1

"Consistency is key. If you skip a day, be sure to make up for it the next day." — Passion Roadmap, step 7

"Is this action getting me closer to my goals?" — a Passion Planner prompt, as quoted by Earn Spend Live (exact printed wording unverified)

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4. Philosophy and principles

Stated goals

• Bridge "where you are and where you want to be" (product copy).
• Combine "structure with flexibility" to support mental health, productivity and personal growth.
• Make dreams concrete: "specific, actionable, measurable, and time sensitive" steps (Roadmap PDF).

Core beliefs

1. Start from dreams, not tasks. Brainstorm without judging ("do not feel the need to be realistic or justify your dreams. Just write.").
2. Prioritise ruthlessly. One circled goal per timeframe; the GameChanger is "the goal that would have the most positive impact on your life right now."
3. Break big into small, then schedule. Mind-map, add specifics, number the steps, "make a date".
4. Do one thing early. "Strive to do at least one productive thing at the beginning of your day to get you closer to your goal."
5. Balance work and life on the same page. Separate Personal and Work lists and focuses, "to make sure that they are both prioritized."
6. Leave room for the unplanned. The Space of Infinite Possibility is a blank area on every week or day.
7. Reflect monthly. Look back at your priorities and adjust.
8. Accountability. "Extra credit: find a follow-up buddy."

The problem it solves

• Goals that live in your head and never reach the calendar.
• Work swallowing personal life, or the reverse.
• Planners that hold appointments but not meaning.
• No habit of looking back.

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5. Core components

5.1 Uncover Your Compass

• A core-values exercise at the front of current editions (product page).
• The exact prompts weren't in any source opened (unverified).
• Its purpose is to anchor the Roadmap in values before goals.

5.2 Passion Roadmap

The steps, from the official 2020 PDF:

1. Make a wishlist (5 min timer). Four sections: Lifetime, 3 Years, 1 Year, 3 Months, each with a date. "Imagine that whatever you write on this piece of paper will come true within the designated time frame."
2. Prioritise (1 min). Circle one goal per section that "would have the MOST positive impact on your life."
3. Create your first Passion Plan (5 min). Write your GameChanger in the centre box, write all the steps around it, and connect each step with a line.
4. Add specifics. Due dates: "how much, how many, or by when."
5. Create a timeline. Number the tasks in order.
6. Make a date. Write the tasks on their dates in the weekly layout.
7. Work at it! One productive thing at the start of each day.
8. Repeat for more goals.

• Extra credit. Find an accountability buddy. For a harder version, relabel the sections 5 Years / 1 Year / 3 Months / 1 Month.
• 2024 blog version. Steps become Wishlist, Prioritise, Visualise (Vision Board), Create a Passion Plan, Add Specifics, Strategise, Schedule, Work At It.

5.3 GameChanger

• The single highest-impact goal right now.
• It appears as a monthly "GameChanger breakdown" and as the Daily edition's "GameChanger Goal" line.

5.4 Monthly layout

Listed across the product page and the reviews:

• This Month's Focus, with separate Personal and Work boxes.
• People to see, Places to go, and learning (the product copy says "people, places, learning").
• Not To-Do List: "things you want to focus on not doing".
• Personal and Work projects, by priority and due date.
• A month calendar.
• GameChanger breakdown (a mind-map area at the bottom left, per reviews).

5.5 Monthly reflection

• The 2027 product page says 8 guided questions plus habit completion checklists. A 2021 company post says seven prompts plus a Roadmap checklist.
• Questions that appear across sources (wording may vary by edition (unverified)):
  1. What was the most memorable part of this past month?
  2. What were the three biggest lessons you've learned in this past month?
  3. Review your planner for the past month and assess your priorities. Are you happy with how you spent your time? If not, what steps can you take next month to adjust them?
  4. How are you different between this past month and the month before it?
  5. What or who are you especially grateful for this past month?
  6. Name three things you can improve on this upcoming month. What concrete actions can you take to work towards these improvements?
  7. From 1–10, how do you feel overall about this past month?
• The company's "6 ideas" for the reflection (2021):
  • Chart it: graph the 1–10 ratings.
  • Expand it: rate areas of life.
  • List it: a running lessons list.
  • Send it: thank-you notes.
  • Return to it: check last month's three improvements.
  • Celebrate it: a yearly "I Did It List".

5.6 Weekly layout

• Hourly timeline. One column per day, about 6:00 a.m.–10:30 p.m. in half-hour steps (two reviews; one search summary says 6 a.m.–11 p.m.) (exact range varies by edition).
• Weekly Focus (Personal and Work), tied to your Roadmap.
• Personal To-Do and Work To-Do, prioritised.
• Weekly quote and challenge.
• Good Things That Happened: gratitude for the week.
• Space of Infinite Possibility: blank (or dotted) space "for creativity", under the to-do lists.
• "Today's Focus" is listed in the 2027 copy, which suggests a per-day focus line (unverified placement).

5.7 Daily layout (Daily edition)

• Left page: GameChanger goal, Work and Personal to-dos ("to make sure that they are both prioritized throughout the day"), an hourly calendar, and a Self-Care Practice ("incorporate a healthy habit into your daily life").
• Right page: a full-page Space of Infinite Possibility.
• The collection copy also mentions mood trackers and reflection questions.
• It's undated: "if you skip a few days here and there, you can pick right up where you left off."

5.8 Space of Infinite Possibility

• The signature element: blank space with no instructions.
• People use it for ideas, doodles, stickers, mind maps, journaling or scrapbooking.

5.9 Good Things That Happened

• A weekly gratitude box: "the good things that happened each week."
• It first appeared in the 2014 edition: "a place to jot down good things that happened" (Tech.co).

5.10 Year in Pixels (free printable)

• The idea. One square per day for a year, coloured by mood. It was created by Camille of the French blog Passion Carnets (no relation to Passion Planner) for 2016, inspired by Tim Urban's "Your Life in Weeks", and went viral by early 2017.
• Passion Planner's version. A free PDF in S (5.5 × 8.5 in), M (6.75 × 9.66 in) and L (8.5 × 11 in).
• How to use it (official steps):
  • "print full size at 100%";
  • "cut on the dotted lines so it will fit into your planner";
  • "tape along one side onto your blank pages" ("Washi tape works the best");
  • "assign colors to your moods and fill in each square daily".
• It includes a notes section.

5.11 Other free printables

• The Free Downloads collection lists 81 items, including:
  • a 1 Month Undated Planner PDF;
  • a 21-Day Gratitude Challenge and a 30-Day Journal Challenge;
  • a 52-Week Habit Tracker and a Book Tracker;
  • a Burnout Recovery & Rest Planning Guide;
  • a Monthly Reflection PDF and the Passion Roadmap PDF;
  • a bingo board and coloring pages.
• There are also "handwriting test" pages for choosing a size.

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6. Setting it up

First setup (about 60–90 minutes; can be split)

1. Pick your edition.
   • Weekly if your days are mostly routine.
   • Daily if you want room to write every day.
   • Undated if you often skip or start mid-month.
2. Uncover Your Compass (15 min). List your values. Circle 3–5.
3. Passion Roadmap (about 15 min, timed).
   • 5-minute wishlist across Lifetime / 3 Years / 1 Year / 3 Months.
   • 1 minute to circle one in each.
   • 5 minutes to mind-map your GameChanger.
4. Add specifics and number the steps (10 min).
5. Make a date (10 min). Copy the first 3–5 steps into this month's and this week's pages.
6. Vision board (optional, 15 min). Images, quotes, sketches.
7. Yearly overview. Write your 3-month GameChanger in this quarter's goal box.
8. Habit tracker. Choose 3–6 habits for the month.
9. Month page. Personal Focus, Work Focus, people, places, Not To-Do.

First day

• Morning (5 min). Write one Roadmap step as today's first task. Block your fixed hours (work, classes, appointments).
• Evening (5 min). Tick what's done. Write one Good Thing. Doodle or write anything in the Space of Infinite Possibility.

First week

• Sunday (or Monday) planning, 15–20 min:
  • Weekly Focus: one Personal, one Work.
  • Fill the to-do lists: 3–7 items each, starred priorities.
  • Block time for the top two.
  • Read the quote and challenge.
• Daily: one early productive step, tick things off, move unfinished items.
• End of week: fill in Good Things That Happened (3–7 items), and check off any Roadmap steps.

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7. Daily practice

Weekly edition (5–15 min a day)

Daily edition (10–20 min a day)

1. GameChanger goal for today (1 min).
2. Work to-dos and Personal to-dos (3 min).
3. Hourly schedule (3 min).
4. Self-care practice: pick one (water, walk, stretch, call a friend) (1 min).
5. Mood check (30 s).
6. Evening: tick, reflect, and use the right-hand page freely (5–10 min).

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8. Rhythms

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9. Page anatomy

Approximate sketches from the product copy and reviews. Exact proportions vary by edition and size (unverified).

9.1 Passion Roadmap (page 1: wishlist)

+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| YOUR PASSION ROADMAP                        TODAY'S DATE ____ |
| 1. MAKE A WISHLIST (5 min)                                   |
| +--------------------------+  +--------------------------+  |
| | LIFETIME                 |  | 3 YEARS       DATE: ____ |  |
| |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |
| |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |
| +--------------------------+  +--------------------------+  |
| +--------------------------+  +--------------------------+  |
| | 1 YEAR        DATE: ____ |  | 3 MONTHS      DATE: ____ |  |
| |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |
| |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  |  |
| +--------------------------+  +--------------------------+  |
| 2. PRIORITIZE (1 min): circle ONE in each box                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+

Four equal quadrants, with the instructions above and below.

9.2 Passion Plan (page 2: mind map)

+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3. CREATE YOUR FIRST PASSION PLAN (5 min)                     |
|                                                              |
|   step ____ (due __)            step ____ (due __)           |
|            \                      /                          |
|   step ____ --- +--------------------+ --- step ____         |
|                 |  MY GAMECHANGER    |                       |
|                 |  _______________   |                       |
|                 |  DUE DATE: ______  |                       |
|   step ____ --- +--------------------+ --- step ____         |
|            /                      \                          |
|   step ____ (due __)            step ____ (due __)           |
|                                                              |
| 4. ADD SPECIFICS  5. CREATE A TIMELINE (number)  6. MAKE A DATE|
| 7. WORK AT IT!    8. REPEAT        EXTRA CREDIT: buddy        |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+

9.3 Monthly layout (two-page spread)

LEFT PAGE                                RIGHT PAGE
+------------------------------+  +------------------------------+
| MONTH ________               |  |  S   M   T   W   T   F   S   |
| THIS MONTH'S FOCUS           |  | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |
|  Personal: ________________  |  | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
|  Work:     ________________  |  | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |
| PEOPLE TO SEE   PLACES TO GO |  | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
|  - ______       - ______     |  | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |
| THINGS TO LEARN              |  | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
| NOT TO-DO LIST               |  | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |
|  - ______                    |  | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
| PERSONAL PROJECTS  WORK PROJ.|  | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |
|  1 ____ due __   1 ____ due  |  | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
| GAMECHANGER BREAKDOWN (map)  |  | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |
+------------------------------+  +------------------------------+

9.4 Weekly layout (two-page spread)

LEFT PAGE                                         RIGHT PAGE
+----------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------+
|WEEK OF ____   "quote"  CHALLENGE: ____ | |        THU     FRI     SAT     SUN      |
|FOCUS   | MON     TUE     WED           | |  6:00 ------- ------- ------- -------   |
|Personal|  6:00 ------- ------- -------  | |  7:00 ------- ------- ------- -------   |
| ____   |  7:00 ------- ------- -------  | |  ...                                    |
|Work    |  8:00 ------- ------- -------  | | 10:00 ------- ------- ------- -------   |
| ____   |  ...                           | +----------------------------------------+
|GOOD    | 10:00 ------- ------- -------  | | PERSONAL TO-DO     | WORK TO-DO         |
|THINGS  | (half-hour lines, to ~10:30pm) | |  □ ____            |  □ ____            |
|THAT    |                                | |  □ ____            |  □ ____            |
|HAPPENED|                                | +----------------------------------------+
| - ____ |                                | | SPACE OF INFINITE POSSIBILITY          |
| - ____ |                                | |   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    |
+--------+-------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------+

Roughly two-thirds of the spread is the time grid. The left strip holds Focus and Good Things. The bottom right holds the to-dos and the blank space.

9.5 Daily layout (Daily edition, two pages per day)

LEFT PAGE                               RIGHT PAGE
+-------------------------------+  +-------------------------------+
| DATE ____   MOOD ○ ○ ○ ○ ○    |  | SPACE OF INFINITE POSSIBILITY |
| GAMECHANGER GOAL: __________  |  |                               |
| WORK TO-DO     PERSONAL TO-DO |  |   . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |
|  □ ____         □ ____        |  |   . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |
|  □ ____         □ ____        |  |   . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |
| SCHEDULE                      |  |   . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |
|  6 ______________________     |  |   . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |
|  7 ______________________     |  |   . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |
|  ...                          |  |   . . . . . . . . . . . . .   |
| 10 ______________________     |  |                               |
| SELF-CARE PRACTICE: ________  |  |                               |
+-------------------------------+  +-------------------------------+

9.6 Monthly reflection

+-------------------------------------------+
| MONTHLY REFLECTION        MONTH ______    |
| 1 Most memorable part of this month?      |
|   _____________________________________   |
| 2 Three biggest lessons?                  |
|   1 ____  2 ____  3 ____                  |
| 3 Happy with how you spent your time?     |
|   _____________________________________   |
| 4 How are you different from last month?  |
| 5 Grateful for?                           |
| 6 Three things to improve + actions       |
| 7 Overall, 1–10:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10    |
| □ Reviewed Roadmap  □ Updated GameChanger  |
+-------------------------------------------+

9.7 Year in Pixels (printable)

        J  F  M  A  M  J  J  A  S  O  N  D
    1  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □     KEY
    2  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □     ■ great
    3  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □  □     ▦ good
   ..                                          ▤ ok
   31  □     □     □     □  □     □     □     ▧ low
                                               □ rough
   NOTES ______________________________

Grid: months across, days down (the common layout). Passion Planner's own grid orientation is (unverified).

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10. Worked examples

Generic sample person: works outdoor shifts, part-time art course.

Sample Roadmap (excerpt)

LIFETIME: illustrate a picture book · live near water · steady health
3 YEARS: finish art certificate · savings cushion · ((own a small kiln))
1 YEAR: ((sell 10 prints at the spring market)) · swim weekly · learn to drive
3 MONTHS: ((finish 5 finished prints)) · bedtime routine · call Gran monthly

GAMECHANGER (3 months): finish 5 finished prints — DUE 31 Dec
  1 pick 5 subjects (due 10 Oct)
  2 buy paper + ink, $40 (due 12 Oct)
  3 one print per 2 weeks, Sat mornings (due 26 Oct…21 Dec)
  4 photograph + scan all 5 (due 28 Dec)

Sample week (Weekly edition)

WEEK OF 13 OCT     Quote: "Start where you are."   Challenge: 10-min walk daily
FOCUS  Personal: print #1 sketch     Work: learn new route
PERSONAL TO-DO                 WORK TO-DO
 ★□ sketch print #1 (Sat 9–11)  ★□ read route map
  □ laundry                      □ request Friday off
  □ call Gran                    □ return vest
TIME  Mon 6:00–14:30 shift · Tue 6:00–14:30 · Wed off (class 18:00)
      Thu 6:00–14:30 · Fri off · Sat 9–11 PRINT · Sun rest
GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED
 - finished first sketch   - sunrise at the yard Tue
 - Gran laughed at my story - got Friday off
SPACE OF INFINITE POSSIBILITY
 [tiny doodle of the heron at the river] idea: print series of birds on
 my route?

Sample day (Daily edition)

DATE Tue 14 Oct     MOOD ○ ○ ● ○ ○  (middle)
GAMECHANGER GOAL: 20 min on print #1 thumbnails
WORK TO-DO: □ route map ✓  □ vest ✓
PERSONAL TO-DO: □ thumbnails ✓(half)  □ laundry
SCHEDULE 5:30 up · 6:00–14:30 shift · 15:30 nap · 18:00 thumbnails · 22:00 bed
SELF-CARE PRACTICE: stretch after shift ✓
[right page] Rain on the tarp all morning. Heron again. Thumbnails: 3 of 6.

Sample month end: reflection

OCTOBER REFLECTION
1 Most memorable: first finished print, Sat 25th.
2 Lessons: Sat mornings work · I overbook days off · ask early for time off
3 Time: mostly yes; too much scrolling after shifts → phone on charger at 21:30
4 Different: calmer on shift days, more tired on days off
5 Grateful: Gran, my crew lead, the art room
6 Improve: (a) one real rest day (b) water at work (c) sketch 2×/week — Tue, Thu
7 Overall: 7/10
□✓ Reviewed Roadmap   □✓ GameChanger on track (1 of 5)

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11. Variations and offshoots

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12. Community practice

• Where people are:
  • the company blog and YouTube channel;
  • Instagram and Pinterest ("Weekly Passion Planner layouts" boards);
  • a Reddit community (not opened for this doc);
  • personal blogs with year-in-review posts.
• What people actually do:
  • Colour-code the time grid (work, class, rest). Highlighters and tabs are popular add-ons.
  • Stickers. Every paper planner ships with sheets (184 in the 2027 Weekly).
  • Use the Space of Infinite Possibility for anything: "constantly just writing down new ideas" (The Wanderlover), doodles, mind maps, washi and ephemera.
  • Do the Roadmap once, then forget it. The honest pattern many reviewers describe. The monthly reflection checklist exists to pull people back.
  • Tape in printables: Year in Pixels, habit trackers, gratitude challenges.
  • Chart the monthly 1–10 ratings across the year (a company tip).
• Common customisations:
  • relabel Work as School or Home;
  • cross out the time grid on days off;
  • use the Not To-Do List for boundaries;
  • use the harder Roadmap timeframes (5 years to 1 month).
• Aesthetic vs minimalist:
  • Aesthetic users decorate heavily, with sticker books and themed covers ("Koi Pond", "Mystic Mauve").
  • Minimalist users buy the Elite Black edition, use one pen, and leave the Space of Infinite Possibility for lists.
• Critiques in reviews:
  • tabs are sold separately;
  • the planner is heavy;
  • it's dense for low-energy weeks;
  • the "passion" language can feel like pressure.

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13. Official products and formats

• Release cycle: dated Weekly each autumn for the next year; Mid-Year each spring or summer; Undated all year.
• Where sold: passionplanner.com, and other retailers (unverified).
• Week start: Sunday or Monday.
• Note: the planner sizes (5.8×8.3 etc.) differ slightly from the printable sizes (5.5×8.5 etc.). Printables are meant to be trimmed and taped in.

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14. Tools and supplies

• Pens. 120 gsm bamboo paper takes gel and fineliners well. For fountain pens, use the handwriting-test PDFs to check first.
• Highlighters for time-block colour-coding. Use a light touch on the bamboo paper; check for ghosting on the test page.
• Tabs (sold separately), or DIY washi tabs.
• Stickers. Included sheets, or sticker books.
• Washi tape to attach printables. The official tip: "Washi tape works the best."
• Ruler. One is built into the back pocket (inches and cm).
• Timer, phone or kitchen, for the timed Roadmap steps.
• Printer, for the free PDFs. Print "at 100%" or "Fit to Page / 94%" as the page says.

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15. Digital and hybrid versions

• Official digital planners:
  • hyperlinked PDFs that work in GoodNotes, Notability, Xodo, Noteshelf, Drawboard, ZoomNotes "and most PDF readers";
  • iOS 13+ or Android 6+;
  • delivered as a ZIP, with up to 5 downloads;
  • dated and undated bundles include both weekly and daily layouts (the company's Digital FAQ, 2021).
• E-ink (reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, Boox):
  • not mentioned officially;
  • hyperlinked PDFs usually open on these devices, but link support varies by device, and colour-coding is lost on 1-bit screens (unverified).
• Scanning: the hourly grid and to-do boxes scan well. The Space of Infinite Possibility is free-form, so it can only be stored as an image.
• Lost vs gained:
  • Digital gains: search, undo, copying tasks forward, hyperlinks, and no weight.
  • Digital loses: tactile stickers, the calm of paper, and "one place" (the tablet has notifications).
  • Hybrid use is common: a paper planner plus printables.

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16. Evidence and research

No study tests Passion Planner itself. Its parts map onto established research.

Claimed vs supported

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17. Benefits

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18. Pitfalls

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19. Accessibility and adaptations

• ADHD.
  • The time grid supports time-blindness; use colour blocks.
  • Keep one GameChanger visible (sticky note).
  • The Space of Infinite Possibility catches intrusive ideas.
  • Use undated editions to avoid shame over gaps.
  • Set phone timers for the timed Roadmap; they suit ADHD urgency.
• Autism and sensory needs.
  • Pick the Elite Black or other plain designs.
  • Skip the stickers and quotes.
  • Relabel prompts in literal terms.
  • A fixed weekly planning time.
  • Treat the Not To-Do List as a boundaries list (no phone calls after 8 p.m.).
• Chronic illness and low spoons.
  • A 3-month GameChanger can be "stable routine".
  • Replace the Work list with "Body / Care".
  • Pace with the time grid (rest blocks count).
  • The monthly 1–10 can track symptoms.
• Depression and anxiety.
  • Good Things That Happened is the most valuable part; do it even if nothing else.
  • Avoid the Roadmap in acute lows.
  • Use "three lessons" gently.
  • Reflection question 3 ("happy with how you spent your time?") can be harsh. Answer with "what I'd like more of".
  • The company offers a Burnout Recovery & Rest Planning Guide.
• Trauma.
  • The lifetime wishlist can surface grief; allow skipping it.
  • Keep reflection present-focused.
  • Private planners only (don't share pages with a buddy unless it's safe).
• Dyslexia and dysgraphia.
  • Use the Large size.
  • Use icons and colour instead of words in the time grid.
  • Voice-record the reflection.
  • Mind maps suit visual thinkers.
• Low vision.
  • Large (7.8×11) or a digital version with zoom.
  • Bold pens, high-contrast highlighters.
  • Print the free PDFs enlarged.
• Motor or hand pain.
  • The digital version with a stylus, or type into the PDF.
  • Ticks, not words.
  • Fewer lists.
  • The daily edition's right page is optional.
• Trans and gender-diverse people.
  • The Roadmap can hold transition milestones by timeframe without forcing deadlines.
  • Relabel Work/Personal as "Me / World".
  • Use Good Things for euphoria moments.
  • Keep sensitive plans (appointments, names) in coded form if others might see the planner.
• Shift workers.
  • Relabel the hour lines.
  • Mark shift days with one bar.
  • Plan your "week" from your rotation, not from Sunday or Monday.
  • An undated weekly lets you start the week on your first shift.
• Low income.
  • The free printables and the 1-Month Undated PDF.
  • The Roadmap PDF is free.
  • Draw the weekly layout in any notebook.
  • The company's give-back programme donates planners to students and nonprofits (application routes not checked (unverified)).

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20. Comparison

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21. Combining

• With the Theme System. Choose a theme first, then fill the Roadmap only with goals that fit it. See theme-system-journal.md.
• With Year in Pixels. The official printable tapes into the blank pages. Compare the mood colours with the monthly 1–10 rating.
• With the Bullet Journal (sibling doc bullet-journal.md). Use a BuJo key in the to-do lists (• task, × done, > moved), and the Space of Infinite Possibility as a rapid log.
• With gratitude journaling. Good Things That Happened already covers it weekly; add one daily line if you want.
• With spoon theory. Replace hours with a spoon budget on low days.
• With Journalwright Studio as it is today. The week spreads and the weekly review already exist. Good Things maps to Small good things; Personal/Work maps to Two columns; the Space of Infinite Possibility maps to Writing space or Sketch box; the monthly reflection maps to Closing the month.

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22. Ready-to-use bank

Roadmap prompts

1. If I could be anything, do anything, or have anything, what would it be? (official)
2. In three months, what would make me proud and still rested?
3. What's one thing I'd regret not trying in the next three years?
4. Which one goal would make the others easier? (GameChanger)
5. What's the very next step, and when can I do it? (make a date)

Weekly headings

1. Focus: Home · Focus: Shift
2. Good Things That Happened
3. Space of Infinite Possibility
4. Not-To-Do this week
5. This week's challenge
6. People to see
7. One thing before 10 a.m.

Monthly reflection (adapted and softened)

1. What was the most memorable part of this month?
2. Three things I learned.
3. Where did my time go that I'd like back?
4. How am I different from last month?
5. Who or what am I grateful for?
6. Three gentle improvements, and one tiny action for each.
7. Overall, 1–10 (and a word).
8. Which Roadmap goal moved, even a little?

Trackers and collections

1. Year in Pixels (mood)
2. 52-week habit tracker
3. Book tracker
4. "I Did It List" (yearly wins)
5. Lessons-learned running list
6. Thank-you-notes list
7. Monthly 1–10 bar chart
8. Places to go (a list of local places)
9. Things to learn
10. A 30-day journal challenge, one prompt a day

Not-To-Do list ideas

1. No phone in bed
2. No extra shifts on rest days
3. No explaining my "no"
4. No checking email after 8 p.m.

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23. Glossary

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24. FAQ

1. Weekly or Daily? Weekly if most days are routine and you like seeing the week. Daily if you want a page to write on each day. The digital bundles include both.
2. Dated or undated? Undated if you've ever abandoned a planner after a gap. Dated if you like the prompt of printed dates.
3. Do I have to do the Roadmap? No, but it's the heart of the method. Try the 1-minute version: one circled goal per timeframe, one next step.
4. What goes in the Space of Infinite Possibility? Anything: ideas, doodles, lists, mind maps, stickers, a journal entry.
5. I don't have a "Work". Relabel it: School, Home, Care, Out, Money.
6. Where do I get the Year in Pixels? It's a free PDF on passionplanner.com (email sign-up) in three sizes. Print at 100%, trim, and tape it into the blank pages.
7. How many reflection questions are there? Seven or eight depending on edition, plus a 1–10 rating and a Roadmap checklist.
8. Is Passion Planner the Kickstarter from 2014? The first campaign launched in October 2013 for the 2014 planner. The Compact (2015 planner) campaign ran in late 2014.
9. What paper does it use? Current planners use 120 gsm bamboo paper.
10. Is there evidence it works? Not for the product itself. The methods it uses (specific goals, scheduled steps, progress monitoring, gratitude) have research support.
11. Can I use it on reMarkable or Boox? Not officially listed. The PDFs generally open, but hyperlinks and colour may not work (unverified).
12. Is it good for shift work? Partly. The hour grid is day-shaped. Relabel it, or use the undated weekly and plan by rotation.

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25. For Journalwright Studio

Journalwright Studio makes printed journals and planners designed in a block editor, with an optional e-ink companion (the X4 companion). This section turns the research above into day page blocks, X4 items and a method layout.

a. Printed book

b. X4 companion

c. Editor blocks

d. Proposed method layout: "Passion Planner"

This layout is not among the built-in method layouts yet (today: original, Bullet Journal daily, Hobonichi, Five Minute, Theme System). Ordered blocks for a one-click day layout:

1. sky
2. events
3. focus — Home / Shift (planned; until then a Lined notes block)
4. top — label "Next step", n = 1 (the GameChanger step)
5. split — Home / Shift to-dos, 3 lines
6. timeline — from 6 to 22, every 2 hours (off if a shift day uses shift)
7. care — the self-care practice lives here
8. good — 3 lines
9. pixel — Day pixel, 5 levels
10. body — Writing space, blank: the Space of Infinite Possibility

The fixed header, frame, SEND TO strip and page code stay unchanged. The week spread and month pages get Good Things (weekly), the monthly reflection and the Year in Pixels column as printed features, not day blocks.

e. Don't adopt

• "Passion" and "GameChanger" language. It's hype and pressure. Use plain words: "Next step", "What matters".
• Lifetime wishlist on a timer. Too heavy for low-energy periods, and can surface grief. Offer 3 months and 1 year only, untimed, in the Keeper (the home-kept companion book).
• "If you skip a day, make up for it the next day." Guilt, and not supported (Lally 2010). Journalwright Studio never asks you to catch up.
• Weekly quotes and challenges. Adds reading and stimulation. Skip it.
• Dense spreads. Keep the calm, spaced look. Pick 3–4 elements, not all ten.
• Colour-coded mood pixels. The print is B&W and the X4 is 1-bit. Use patterns.
• Any buddy or sharing feature on the X4. Out of scope (nothing leaves the device except over its own hotspot, or an explicit sync you start to your own account, and there are no feeds).

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26. Open questions

1. Trinidad's school and degree, and exact business milestones (incorporation, staff growth).
2. Dates and totals for the later Kickstarters (Get One Give One, Be the Change, Eco, Daily). Kickstarter blocked automated access.
3. The exact monthly reflection wording in the 2027 edition (8 questions vs the older 7).
4. The exact hour range in current weekly layouts (6:00–10:30 p.m. vs 6–11 p.m.).
5. What "Uncover Your Compass" asks, word for word.
6. The Year in Pixels printable's grid orientation and key.
7. Whether the digital PDFs' hyperlinks work on reMarkable, Kindle Scribe and Boox.
8. How the give-back programme is accessed by individuals.
9. No independent study of planner use and wellbeing specific to this product.

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27. Further reading

• Passion Planner, "How to Fill Out The Passion Roadmap" (2024): the current step-by-step.
• "How To Get Started With The Passion Planner Weekly" (2021): a tour of every section.
• "How to Get Started with Passion Planner Daily" (2022): the daily edition explained.
• "How to Use the Monthly Reflections… 6 Ideas" (2021): practical reflection extensions.
• Passion Roadmap PDF (© 2020): the original timed worksheet.
• Year in Pixels PDF: the free mood-grid printable.
• Passion Carnets, "Year In Pixels: un an pour devenir heureux" (2017, French): the creator's own origin story.
• Tech.co, "The Passion Planner: More Than a Calendar" (2014): the early Kickstarter story and quotes.
• Earn Spend Live review (2016, updated 2024): a long-term user's view.
• Locke & Latham (2002) and Gollwitzer & Sheeran (2006): the research behind "specific steps with dates".

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28. Sources

All checked on 2026-09-28. Each was opened once.

Not used: Grokipedia (never). Not reachable when checked: Kickstarter campaign pages (403), Reddit (blocked).